Bankman-Fried Faces Decades in Prison at Thursday Fraud Sentencing

• Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 50 years in prison when sentenced Thursday for FTX fraud • Prosecutors cite scale of losses, nature of fraud in seeking maximum sentence
• Defense requests 6 1/2 years or less, cites mental health, safety risks, lack of losses • Judge may consider lack of remorse; sentence unlikely to see much time off for good behavior • Bankman-Fried convicted on 7 counts in November for role in FTX collapse